Marigny
Neighborhood

In 1975, when
the Faubourg Marigny was placed on the National Register of Historic Places,
the neighborhood began a surge of revitalization. According to New Orleans
City Business January 2002 profile of the neighborhood:'On the
one hand, new investment in the area over the last 20 years has almost
eliminated blighted housing ... and driven property values skyward. On
the other, gentrification that has pushed lower-income residents out of
the neighborhood and new commercial development pressures threaten to
change the character of the district, some say. Its a lot
less blue-collar than it used to be, says Julian Mutter, a Marigny
homeowner since the late 1970s. Now, there are more artists, gay couples
and retirees than dockworkers, shopkeepers and young families, he says.'
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Snapshot]